| Show EDUCATORS MAP COURSE FOR SCHOOLS N E A head urges the need of sayings si study udy in our schools san francisco col cal before the end p pi the year there will be established a 1 standardized in thrift and sav 1 ing in every public school in the seven states of the twelfth federal reserve district according to plans worked out by the state superintendents ot of public instruction ot of the west in cooperation with the war loan organization the 0 public p u bi le os instruction in each state will servo er v L a as s state elate director ot of thrift education it la Is not at all unlikely that as a result of this move in the west to found a better Aine american rican citizenship by the ana practice of 0 thrift in the public bublic octoola tha bat the ifie idea will vill be pvn maln tili u p throughout tho united astete B in this connection mrs jo lephine chillag preston state superintendent OA oi publio public instruction for the bbate of liv washington ashington and president ot of the national educational association ia has S vr itten a as sf follows idiots to each ah in member ember of bt the executive committee ot of the association he here re is the west we are going to put in every public school a standardized ed course in t thrift and attempt to teach it on a plane with the bunda dentals of the common school branches in the nature of 0 a laboratory in connection with the course savings societies okill lie be organized in each school with the idea of making the course habit forming I 1 1 I cannot too strongly recommend to you as a member of the executive committee that every state in the union take steps immediately to introduce similar courses in the carric of every public school in id amer ica we have reached a danger point in the american social and economic structure nad and it lies with us who are charged with the publio education of 0 our eltI seus to undertake the responsibility of meeting not only the th present riots crisis but tte the vital need tor for permanent cent thrift as a national habit babit first kval available lable reports of savings work among i pupils tait ahta term come rom the sm san schools through philip J lawler manager ot of the ivings department of the bank ot of ital italy y which is IB operating cooperating co with the aba government the th report show chow 0 i total of al 28 BO 90 saved and layeux InT tail in thrift liar war savings and school penny adem 0 la in 78 school of daysi days Tha The number ot students latest ing was within a chort time mr lawler said lie ho would woold have a report oli the work in california school which aich have an attendance ot of school school ob Odren ot of this total number ol of schools va country schools we must heye have the close clone cooperr co cooperation of the newspapers of the west and of 0 leaders of public opinion in this work ol of turning out better catl citizens eald Mrs preston Pre eton we school superintendents principal paM and teachers are undertaking this job because I 1 we think it la Is our job however it la is overy true americans job and we will need all the help and operation cooperation co we can get attending a conference con cal called led by governor john U calkins ol of the federal receive bank of 0 san francisco tt ai which the decision to introduce the study of thrift to school curriculum curri culM culeA were the following superintendents of public instruction W J hunting nevada 0 N child utah mrs josephine corlisa corlis a preston washington icso fithel ethel E redfield idaho will 0 wood california |
